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Basketball - NBC SportsFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:12:48 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: SmackSawhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33862
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:28:56 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33862A bold move would be to leave SLC for Seattle. Don’t laugh.
]]>By: progress2011http://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33827
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:04:19 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33827The Jazz will now compete with Sacramento and the Cavs for the worst team in the league spot ! HAHAHAHAhahaha
]]>By: infdlhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33790
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:13:35 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33790Anybody remember how the jazz are 4-14 since mid-January? I hate seeing this move as much as anybody, but you are lying to yourself to think that Deron didn’t QUIT on this team about half way through December. Now he is in basketball purgatory. Sucks to even think about it, but this is the first real bold move by Greg Miller since Larry died. Now we’ll see if it was the right move.
]]>By: baboushkahttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33781
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:53:25 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33781For some reason I have always liked the Utah Jazz. Even the assymetrical name (Utah with Jazz) works for me in a strange way. Sort of like popular Swedish Jazz. Don’t laugh if you never heard it. It’s awesome and it works. My real point is this. The author should have focused on this unique opportunity for the Jazz to get its “Jazz” right. They were adrift from all of the defections and injuries from last year. Now they have given themselves the opportunity to remake a winning formula and add new Jazz spice to it with the new players and draft picks. Who knows what motivates a player to rise to the occasion and become significant. Young Mr Heyward now has such an opportunity. He could all of a sudden seize this moment (D Will’s departure) and lean on Favors like Stockton did with Malone, and the two become one of the most dynamic and exciting new scoring tandems in the league. This stuff happens in the NBA. Heyward was never going to become the exciting prospect we saw at Butler with Deron Williams dominant presence there. Now he has a chance. This is his moment. He will seize it (if Corbin lets him) or lose it. He should be in Corbin’s face right now challenging corbin to “Give Me The D!?..MN Ball!

Bottom line. I see the Jazz jar as more full than empty. It was a very good trade by them. They got value and a better option to shape their future. It works for Williams. He is a good kid who just wnats to win. If they had kept the winning players around him, he probably would have re-upped and stayed. What the jazz need to consider is pushing Heyward and Favors to step up right now and play like the stars of that team. Ty Corbin is a good guy and a he may become a great coach. But I bet it won’t happen in Utah. They need to convince John Stockton to come in as head coach and surround him with talented assistants and let him shape this new team culture. And give him time to sort it out. Then if they get the chance, draft Jimmer to match up with Favors and Heyward, cross their fingers and hope it all works.

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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:17:38 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33772As a Jazz fan, I hate to see Deron go. He is a great player. Arguably, the best PG in the game.

But the fact is, he didnt want to be here. He made it very clear that he was going to leave when his contract was up, with body language and public statements. Kevin O’Connor did the right thing. Sure… This trade could turn the Jazz into the Bobcats, like you said. But if the trade isnt made, Williams leaving without compensation would turn the Jazz into something much worse.. The Cleveland Cavaliers.

At least now… There is SOME hope for the future, even if it is only a little.

]]>By: kindasportyhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33766
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:36:12 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33766While reading this, Don McLean’s American Pie kept running through my head.
]]>By: rickmirerhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33759
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:18:18 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33759Great read. I couldn’t agree more. No Sloan, no Williams, no chance.
]]>By: 1historianhttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33757
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:08:54 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33757I disagree. I don’t think Williams wanted to be there, would have poisoned team chemistry as long as he was and I think that they did what they had to do. It remains to be seen what is their next move.
]]>By: jmclarkenthttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33756
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:39:10 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33756It looks like I lost “Deron Williams did not want to be in Utah” at the top.
]]>By: jmclarkenthttp://nba.nbcsports.com/2011/02/24/the-day-the-jazz-died/comment-page-1/#comment-33755
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:38:05 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=17557#comment-33755be in Utah.

– After the Brewer Trade (who has since proven himself to be a role player at best): “That’s why I only signed a 3 year contract”

KOC made the right move (One that I hoped for after the Nets lost ‘Melo in this very forum). The Jazz were not close to a championship (especially with Corbin at the helm mid-season) and DW was going to walk after 2012. I was hoping that the level of play that we saw in the beginning of the year would sustain (Maybe the’d get a part with the AK47 contract and make a run), but sadly the Jazz had no chemistry. The Jazz were sitting at 26 losses before the trade, they had 29 all of last year.

Now they have a chance to blow it up and get “bad” for a year or two (which will allow them the opportunity to make some moves get better). If they can shed salary, move a few parts that don’t fit, develop the young folks on the roster and make the right draft picks, this could work out.

Truth be told, the window to win a championship with Deron had closed. If you are going to rebuild, I rather do so with Favors, Harris (a tradeable asset down the road) and 2 low #1’s than an ESPN “Decision”.